Ah HAH! I caught 'em

Apparently Cracker Barrel added plant-based Impossible sausage to their menu.

To hear NBC tell it, this seemingly simple action sparked a culture war, garnering 'thousands' of comments and arguments between customers.

Well, yeah, technically true. At the time of the article, 5600 comments.

There are 667 Cracker Barrel restaurants.

This means if there were no repeat commenters, not quite 9 comments per restaurant.

That isn't even a culture skirmish.

They won't rest until everybody hates everybody for something.

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CopperCicada · M

It's interesting how these things become cultural war fronts.

People are so collapsed in their own shit it doesn't occur to them that there might be other dimensions.

Like the company trying to make money.

And maybe Bob wants vegan sausage. Not because he's woke but because he's had a quad bypass and doesn't want another one.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@CopperCicada I'm a carnivore, but sometimes I eat vegetarian and even vegan food, such as Impossible brand products, just for variety.

CopperCicada · M

@DrWatson I'm the same. I eat everything because I'm a foodie and I like it. Sometimes I just want something lighter.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@CopperCicada What possible difficulty does it present to the dude two tables over with the triple side of bacon?

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@Mamapolo2016 Actually, an Impossible burger topped with bacon and melted cheese sounds pretty good to me.

But no restaurant will ever sell such a thing -- simply because we supposedly are in different tribes.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@DrWatson Start requesting it. Take down that wall!

CopperCicada · M

@Mamapolo2016 It’s political and social. Adding vegetarian and vegan options is a sign of bowing to wokeness, liberal social and political influences.

It’s funny to me as a foodie because one can get at least vegetarian options almost anywhere. Nothing’s changed by adding additional vegetarian and vegan options.

It’s also funny to me as a lot of these vegetarian and vegan options traditionally aren’t. Like tofu. Real ma po tofu has ground pork in it. Things like hummus and falafel aren’t really alternative to meat. Traditionally they’re staples.

CopperCicada · M

@DrWatson Mixing it up confuses people. I used to go to this Thai place and get a vegetarian dish and request the chili lime fish sauce condiment for it. It didn’t compute.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@CopperCicada Why shouldn't a restaurant offer options for ALL of its customers?

Is there some law that if you don't eat meat you have to have crackers?

I do eat meat. My daughter doesn't.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@CopperCicada People don't seem to realize that vegetarians were around long before "wokeness" was. Growing up in an Italian household, I had plenty of meatless meals, and nobody made a point of saying "we're not eating meat today." It just happened to be what was on the menu: things like eggplant parmigiana.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@Mamapolo2016 And my niece, who eats meat, just married a vegetarian.

CopperCicada · M

@DrWatson Well, that’s the thing. I grew up around Italian and Lebanese influences. It was just as you say. Nobody would think it was vegetarian to eat any number of things. Abstaining from meat was also a regularly practiced thing. Lent, Fridays. Every restaurant could pull off vegetarian.

CopperCicada · M

@Mamapolo2016 In my freezer I have a pound of Italian hot sausage, a pound of ground beef, a box of black bean veggie burgers, a bag of falafel, and a bag of fake ground beef. 🤷‍♂️

Mamapolo2016 · F

@CopperCicada Prepared for contingencies.